PSY 3123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Psychological Abuse, Learned Helplessness, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Guergana Roumenova Mileva;

Document Summary

Two main sources of information are used to measure the incident of family violence in canada: (1) police reported information from the uniform crime reporting survey (ucr). (2) self-reported victimization data. Corporal punishment: a way of punishing someone using physical force. This used to be allowed but is now seen as child abuse. The actual extent is unknown, long term statistics may be influenced by the following factors: i. ii. All provinces have legislation against child abuse and mandatory reporting laws which apply to medical and service professionals. Changes in public and professional awareness of the problem. Changes in legislation and definitions of what abuse is. 1 in 2 girls, 1 in 3 boys under the age of 18 report unwanted sexual acts these could range from indecent exposure to forced intercourse. Other studies say 39. 16 in every 1000 children are subject to abuse. Primary category of child abuse investigations in canada.